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Webster 1913 Edition

Gile

Gile

,
Noun.
[See
Guile
.]
Guile.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2025

gile

gile

See also: gilè, gilė, and gi-lê

Irish

Noun

gile f ‎(genitive singular gile)

  1. whiteness, brightness

Adjective

gile

  1. genitive singular feminine of geal
  2. comparative degree of geal

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gile ghile ngile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲilʲe/

Etymology

From gel +‎ -e.

Noun

gile f

  1. whiteness, brightness

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gile gile
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal ‎(“white, bright”).

Noun

gile f

  1. whiteness

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gile ghile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal ‎(“white, bright”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟɪlʲə/

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